title: Lean events at Columbus Regional Healthcare System and Sampson Regional Medical Center.
authors.affiliation: Columbus Regional Healthcare System, 500 Jefferson St, Whiteville, NC 28472, USA. hhawthorne@crhealthcare.org
authors.forename: Henry C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Hawthorne
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Masterson
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D009657:North Carolina; D017064:Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013503:Surgery Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*